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Native Gold from
Colorado Gulch, Empire Ranch area, Greaterville placer deposits, Greaterville, Greaterville Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Gulch
Classification
Species:Native Gold
Formula:Au
Comments:Placer gold. Coarse flakes & nuggets of placer gold in gravels along 2,000 feet - upper part of course nearly to head.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Native Gold data
Locality Data:Click here to view Colorado Gulch, Empire Ranch area, Greaterville placer deposits, Greaterville, Greaterville Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:178558
Long-form Identifier:1:3:178558:6
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Native Gold
2.1km (1.3 miles) ⓘArgonaut placer group, Greaterville Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA
2.8km (1.7 miles) ⓘColchis placer group, Greaterville Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA
3.0km (1.9 miles) ⓘGreaterville placer deposits, Greaterville, Greaterville Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA
3.4km (2.1 miles) ⓘSuccor Gulch (Sucker Gulch), Empire Ranch area, Greaterville placer deposits, Greaterville, Greaterville Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA
3.7km (2.3 miles) ⓘLouisiana Gulch, Greaterville placer deposits, Greaterville, Greaterville Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA
4.3km (2.7 miles) ⓘKentucky Gulch, Greaterville placer deposits, Greaterville, Greaterville Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA
4.4km (2.8 miles) ⓘBoston Gulch, Greaterville placer deposits, Greaterville, Greaterville Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA
4.8km (3.0 miles) ⓘSt. Louis Mine (Morning Star Mine; Isabel), St. Louis Gulch, Hughes Gulch, Greaterville placer deposits, Greaterville, Greaterville Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA
4.9km (3.0 miles) ⓘOld Pennsylvanian placer group, Wrightson District, Pima County, Arizona, USA
5.1km (3.2 miles) ⓘGolden Gate Mine group, Rosemont (Rosemont Camp), Helvetia-Rosemont Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA
References
Hill, J.M. (1910), Notes on the placer deposits of Greaterville, AZ, USGS Bull. 430: 11-22
Schrader, F.C. & J.M. Hill (1915), Mineral deposits of the Santa Rita and Patagonia Mountains, Arizona, USGS Bull. 582: 164
Keith, Stanton B. (1974), AZ Bur. of Geol. & Min. Technology, Geol. Survey Br. Bull. 189, Index of Mining Properties in Pima County, AZ: 121 (Table 4)
(n.d.) ADMMR Mines Database, Arizona Geological Survey.
 
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